Car-fender.



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ATTORNEYS GAR FENDER.

lPatented Apr. 11, 1911.

J. P. GBRAGHTY L G. W. NAYLOR.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 25, 1910.

WIT/VESSES:

J. P. GBRAGHTY & G. W. NAYLOR.

OAR FENDER.

APPLIUATION FILED un. 25, 1910.'

Patented Apr; 11, 1911.

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INVENTOHS UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

JOI-IN IP. GERAGHTY AND GEORGE W. NAYLOR, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN- ORS OF FORTY-FIVE ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO EDWARD C. CURRY AND CHARLES A.

STONEHAM, BOTH OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN P. GERAGHTY and GEORGE W. NAYLoR, citizens of the United States, and residents of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Car-Fender, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved car fender, more especially designed for use on cars of street railways and the like, and arranged to normally stand a distance above the track, so as not to interfere with switches and the like or become injured by contact with the track, and to automatically move into a lowermost position when strikin a person or other object in its path and sa ely receive and retain the object, thus preventing injury to the same.

A further object of the invention is to permit of conveniently and quickly placing the fender in position on either end of the car or removing it therefrom, and folding the fender up on the end of the car in such a manner that the car bumper projects beyond the fender and hence, in the case of a collision, protects the fender. For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a support for attachment to the car, and which carries an apron frame mounted to turn and to slide on the said support, the apron frame being connected by links with the said support, to cause the apron frame to swing downward at its front end when the latter strikes an obstruction in its path.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the car fender as applied to a car, the dashboard of which is shown in section; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fender; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same, and showing the car fender folded up against the end of the car; Fig. 4 is a .perspective view of one of the hangers; F1g. 5 is an enlarged cross section' of the same on the line 55 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a similar view of the same on the line 6-6 of Fig. lg and Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the crank arm for unlocking the support and imparting an initial swinging movement to the same.

On the under side of the platform A of the car are secured hangers B, provided with bearings C engaged by the angular arms D of a support, having the arms D adapted to rest or abut against the under side of stops E ivoted on the hangers B. The terminals of the arms D are in the form of hooks D2 abutting against the stops E, so as to hold the support against longitudinal movement when the car fender is in use, as shown in Figs. l and 2. The angular arms D are connected with each other by a cross rod D4, provided at its ends with forwardly-extending side arms D5, in which are mounted to turn the pivots F of guideways F, in which are mounted to slide the side arms G of a main apron frame, having the front cross bars G, G2 connecting the side arms G with each other. The apron H, of any approved construction, preferably in the form of a slat belt, as indicated in the drawings, is connected at its forward end with the cross bar G2, while the rear end of the said apron H is attached to a cross bar I secured to the side arms I of an upright frame, pivoted at the lower ends of said arms I to links J, pivotally connected by pivots K with the rear ends of the side arms G of the apron frame. The rear ends of the links J are fulcrumed on the cross bar D4 of the fender support, as plainly indicated in the drawings. rlhe side arms I of the upright frame are connected with each other at their upper ends by a cross bar I2, and the said cross bars I and I2 are preferably provided with angular ends, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the said cross bars I2 and I may clear the front face of the bumper A at the end of the platform A, and when the fender is folded, the said cross bars I and I2 clear the usual dashboard A2 at the end of the car. The upper cross bar II2 is adapted to be connected by a loop L with a coupling pin N at the top of the bumper A', so as to hold the upright frame in the proper position, as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

Now when the several parts are in the normal position indicated in Fig. 2, then the cross bars G, G2 and the forward ends of the side arms G of the apron frame are held at such a distance Aabove the track thatl the fender may readily clear switches and the like, and upward movementof the liorward end lof the .apron :frame is prevented by the pivots K being extended outwardly over the top of the side arms D"y of the fender support (see Figs. l and 2).

apron frame are pivotally connected with the link J, it is `evident that a downward swinging movement is given `to the apron fram-e, the latter turning with the 'guideways pivote'd in the side larms `of the fender support. Thus the apron frame assumes 'the position shown lin dotted lines in Fig. 2, that is, the cross bar G' `moves 'down close to :the trafck and with .it the :lower lfront portion of sthe apron H, so that :the 'obstruction is not liabde pass under 'the fender but must necessarily fall 'into the apron VH.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that by the arrangement described, the apron fram-e has a rearward sli-ding as well as `a downward sliding movement when striking' an lobject inyits path, so that 'the 'object "is sarely pick-ed up by the render without danger of injuring the object. c

When 1the car fender is not 'to be used, it can be readily swung up into the position shown in Fig. '3, by swinging the side arms D of the fender support upward in the bearings fC, the said suppot carrying 'the apron frame along, and in 'order to hold the several parts lin "this raised Vposition a suitable fastening `device O is connected with the bar Gr" and with the top of :the dashboard A2, as indicated in dotted lines in F 3. Now 'by constructing` the parts in 'the inanner described, the side arms I, the lin-ks T and the side arms Gr readily 'clear the sides of the bumper A', lso `that lthe Vfront 'end 'O'f the bumper projects beyond the folded car fender, andy 'consequently the tender is not liable vto be injured in case or" -a collision between two cars.

1n case a large obstruction, such as Aa box, barrel or the like, is lon the track, then ift is desirable to raise the apron frame Aand with it 'the apron, so as to clear the said lobstruction. rFor this Apurpose the following device is provided: .A stop E, which has an `angular 'arm E', is mounted to swing on each hanger B and is adapted to be Venga-'ged by a transverse pin P' ion a bell crank lever P, having its shaft P2 journale'd in suitable bearings in the 'hangers B.. :The shalt P2 is provided with an arm Q, connected 'by a link Q' with an arm Q2, fulcruined at Q3 on the platform A, land provided with van upwardly-extending handle Q4 under the control of the motorman in charge 'of the Car. 'The arm P8 of 'each bell crank lever P,

Now in case the i obstruction on the track is struck by the front cross bar G', then the apron lira-Ine slides rearwardly in the guideways F, and ,l as the rear ends of the side arms 'G of the P, extends over the top oi' the :angular arm D ot' the fend-er support, and when the several parts are in the Eposition shown in Fig, 2 'and it is desired to `raise the lender, then `the motorman swings the handle Q4 rearwardly to the position -indicated inFig. 3, whereby the pin P' of the bell crank lever P swings the stop E rearwardly out of engagement with the angular arm D', and iat the same time the arm P3 of each bell crank lever bears 'down 'on the angular arm D', so as to swing the fender support upward and with it the apron liranxe 'and apron to clear the (obstruction .trom the track. When this has been done, the operator holds the handle Q4 in its nforinfa-l vertical po'sitiion, wh-'ereby tthebelfl `crank levers P 'are returned and allow the tender snflaport tto swing iba-ck to its normal position. "lhe stops E canthen return by their own weight Vto their normal p'ositfi'ons, rto fagai-n loc'kth/e 'arms D' in place.

The bearings C `and the stops E are vertically fadjnst-able fon *the hangers 33, to fsupport the car tender a tdesired distance above the road had, anzd for this purpose lthe hangers B are provided with vertical rows ont apertures B", lds, 'lior rengagement by the bearings C and the sto-ps E, as 'will fb'e readily understood by lreference to Figs. Jl, 5 and 6. Nhen it -is 'desired 'to remove lithfe fender, .it lcan be Lqluickly done by disconnecting the loop L from fthe pin N, and swinging tihge stops E rearwardly into open position, fas indicated in 13, fatter which the operator lcan take hold fot vthe tender support and swing lthe 'saine upward vto fdisengage the hook D2 trom the stop E, fand draw the arm D' and its hook D2 `out "of engagementwifth the corresponding bearingC.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as 'new fand desire 'to secure 'by Letters Patent:

1. A -car tender, comprising a `lsupport `for attachment to the oar, an apron 'ff-rame mounted to turn and to'slde on the sa-id port, 'and links pivoted on the lsaid support and pivotally vconnected withtlre rear end of the said apron frame, to 'cause 'the 'apron fra-me to swing downward at its diront end on moving .the apron trarne rearwardly by an obstruction 'In the path of the apron frame.

2. A car Afender, Acomprising a 'support for attachment to the car, an apron frame mounted 'to turn and to slide on the 'said .support, links pvoted on the lsai/d support and pivotally connected with the rear Aend of the said apron 'frame to cause 'the apron frame to swing downward ati-ts front end on moving the "apron :trame rearwardly Eby an bstruction in the path of the apron frame, yan upright `Trame p'voted on the v'said links, and an apron connecting the V'said upright "frame with the front yof the said v'apron iframe.

3. A car enderfeomprising*asupport for removable attachment to the end of the car, a main apron frame having side arms, and a front cross bar connecting the said side arms with each other, the said arms being mounted to slide and to turn on the said support, links connecting the said support with the said arms of the said apron frame, at a point in the rear of the sliding and turning connection between the said support and the apron frame, an upright apron frame pivoted on the said flinke, and an apron attached at its rear end to the said upright apron frame and at its front end to the front cross bar of the main apron frame.

4. A car fender, comprising a support for removable attachment to the end of the car, a main apron frame having side arms and a front cross bar connecting the said side arms with each other, the said arms being mounted to slide and to turn on the said support, links connecting the said support with the said arms of the said apron :trame at a point in the rear of t-he sliding and turning connection between the said support and the apron frame, an upright apron frame pivoted on the said links, an apron attached at its rear end to the said upright apron frame and at its front end to the front cross bar of the main apron frame, and means for attaching the said upright apron frame to the front of the car.

5. A car fender, comprising hangers for attachment to the car, bearings on the said hangers, stops on the said hangers, a support for the fender proper, and having angular arms for engagement with the said bearings, and a manually-controlled device for engagement with the said Support to impart a swinging motion to the same.

6. A car fender,comprising hangers for attachment to the car, bearings on the said hangers, stops pivoted on the said hangers, and a su port having side arms for support ing the ender proper, a cross rod carrying the said side arms, and angular arms extending rearward from the said cross rod and adapted to engage the said bearings, the said angular arms terminating in hooks for engagement with the said stops.

7. A car fender, comprising hangers for attachment to the car, U-shaped bearings adjustably secured to the said hangers, stops pivoted on the said hangers in the rear of the said bearings, and a support for the fender proper and having angular arms in engagement with the said bearings and terminating in hooks engaging the said pivoted stops.

8. A car fender, comprising hangers for attachment to the car, U-shaped bearings adjustably secured to the said hangers, stops pivoted on the said hangers in the rear of the said bearings, a support for the fender proper and having angular arms in engagement with the said bearings and terminating in hooks engaging the said pivoted stops, and manually controlled connected levers mounted to swing on the hangers and each having two arms, one for engagement with the said stop for swinging the same out of engagement with the said hook, the other arm of each lever being adapted to engage the said angular arm to impart a swinging motion to the said support.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN P. GERAGHTY. GEORGE W. NAYLOR. Vitnesses:

THEO. G. Hos'rnn, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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Washington, D. C. 

